Asia

12.12.17 - As we mark our 25th anniversary, the Center for Reproductive Rights celebrates the trails we have blazed and the progress we have made toward building a world where reproductive rights are recognized and respected as fundamental human rights.…

04.06.17 - Over the last decade, Indian courts have issued several notable decisions recognizing women’s reproductive rights as part of the “inalienable survival rights” implicitly protected under the fundamental right to life…

03.21.17 - The Philippines criminalizes abortion without any clear exception. Despite the criminal abortion ban, women and girls continue to undergo abortions which are often performed under unsafe conditions and result in complications that require immediate medical treatment…

02.03.17 - The year 2016 was a historic one. The Center's legal victories brought us closer to our vision of a world where women have the reproductive autonomy to fulfill their destinies. We won the most significant abortion rights case in a generation before the U.S…

12.19.16 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating child, early and forced marriage globally with a new resolution that calls on states to strengthen laws and policies to protect women and girls from this harmful practice…

10.14.16 - (PRESS
RELEASE)
The Philippine government should take measures to legalize abortion in certain
circumstances and provide sexual and reproductive health information and
services, according to the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights (ESCR Committee)…

Our Work in Focus

On November 14, the second case to be developed under the Center for
Reproductive Rights’ South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability
Initiative (SARJAI) was filed in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at
Chandigarh…

In a recent decision in the case of Lakshmi Dhikta v. Nepal, the Supreme Court of Nepal ruled that the country’s government must guarantee access to safe and affordable abortion services. Specifically, it affirmed the need for a comprehensive abortion law and emphasized the government’s obligation to ensure that no woman is denied a legal abortion just because she cannot pay for it…